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Salt Wars
Paperback
Publisher Price: $12.99
Publisher: Grand Ozarks Media
Published: Sep 2 2025
Pages: 142
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.36 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
In the blistering heat of the Texas borderlands, the only thing more valuable than water is the salt-and some men are willing to kill for it.
SALT WAR is a gritty, fast-paced historical Western that charts the bloody collision of old traditions and new laws. In the sun-scorched town of San Elizario, Sheriff Dan Tucker is a man caught in the crossfire. For generations, Tejano families like the Morales clan have freely harvested the white gold from the nearby salt flats. But when a ruthless East Coast businessman named Charles Howard arrives with a legal deed and a private army of hired guns, the ancient custom becomes a federal crime.
Forced to uphold a law he knows is unjust, Sheriff Tucker finds himself trading his community's respect for a tin star and a paycheck. The conflict explodes when Tucker arrests the proud patriarch José Morales, igniting a firestorm of rebellion. Soon, the town is under siege, pitting a lone lawman and a handful of deputies against five hundred armed men demanding justice. But the siege is only the beginning. When mob justice claims its price, Tucker is cast out, a man stripped of his badge and his honor. This sparks a grim and personal vendetta, as the ex-lawman embarks on a campaign of vigilante justice, hunting the men he once called his neighbors through the harsh, unforgiving desert.
Told in the lean, dialogue-rich style of Elmore Leonard, SALT WAR is a morally complex tale of revenge, blurred lines, and the brutal realities of the American West. It's a classic Western adventure where there are no heroes or villains, only survivors and ghosts. This action-packed novel explores the high price of pride and the bloody birth of legends, where a man's soul is as barren as the land he fights to control.
Perfect for fans of historical fiction, gritty crime thrillers, and classic Westerns.
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